True, I did acknowledge that.
For the casual fan though(which face it, most Star Wars 'fans' are filthy causals), it's almost the same thing, hence a lot of people getting worked up by this.
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Is every protagonist now going to be conceived through the 'Force'? Kinda lazy writing and takes away anything special from the main character, if so.
That is absolute rubbish. From his Cannes comments the worst you’d logically infer is that he’d have done things a bit different. In fact, he recently spoke out in support of Bob Iger and his satisfaction with the overall direction Disney was going. He also remains in touch with key Lucasfilm figures such as Kennedy and Filoni, plus does set visits and provides consultation from time to time. He also remains a significant share holder in Disney stock. “White Slaver” comments aside, you could assume from all this he is generally satisfied with the way Star Wars has been handled since he sold it.
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The director(Harvey Weinstein's former personal assistant by the way) has a real problem with white men and actively goes out of her way to not hire any, regardless of whether they're the most qualified for the job or not, you're probably going to get your predominantly white male fanbase off side.
She has a history of this.
Uh-Oh: Leslye Headland Lucasfilm’s Newest Hire May Be ‘Problematic’
As reported a few days ago, Leslye Headland deleted hundreds of tweets when it was announced she had been hired to helm a female-centric Star Wars project. Here she is in a May 2019 interview with…
Original interview: https://www.theintervalny.com/interviews/2018/04/leslye-headland-on-writing-directing-and-creating/
Then calling any criticism of it rooted in bigotry and racism, is simply playing the victim card and failing to understand what your audience wants.
Whilst I'm sure there have been some people commenting who have made racist/hate comments about the director and actors, I highly doubt that the majority of people complaining are like this. Gaping plotholes such as Jedi have a mandate to take talented children from their parents/guardians at will, oh but only if you give permission, space fires and a stone citadel inside a mountain burning(?) and killing everyone inside indicate some seriously shoddy script writing, not to mention editing.
I'm personally disregarding to pronoun uproar because, to be honest, it was entirely passable within the interaction itself and I think the reaction to it has been completely over the top, at least for this episode.
Now, I'm not suggesting Leslye hasn't made good content in the past. I haven't seen anything else she's directed, after all, but her previous comments obviously didn't sit well with the majority of the fanbase, so I'm curious as to why it's suddenly all surprise Pikachu when the rating tank. Perhaps they should've hired someone more suitable for the genre to execute the vision and all these issues could've been avoided. It'd be like hiring Michael Bay to direct a Sex & the City movie and calling out the audience for complaining it doesn't cater tot he fans due to the action and explosives.
I mean, they originally hired a activist documentary maker +for the Rey movie, which kinda proves that Disney are more serious about pushing political messages into their films than actually delivering good content. Bob Iger himself admitted a few months ago that perhaps they're focusing on the 'message' over actual story too much, hence the tanking Disney stock prices.
Do I think it's a 14% on RT? No, it's clearly better than that, but people have no other avenue to express their frustration at the direction Lucasfilm has taken the SW franchise over the years and the rot began long ago. Remember the infamous "Somehow, Palpatine returned"?
Especially when heads at Lucasfilm and Marvel have been blaming the fans for their recent string of failures and not been introspective and realised that perhaps they are pandering to a minority audience and not giving the majority what they want.
Dave Filoni should really be the one taking the heat anyway, he's the creative head and the one that greenlit most of the stuff that's copped backlash recently.
Like it or not, historically Star Wars fans have been male. The overall premise of the story appeals far more to the male hero fantasy, same with the MCU. It's not 'bigoted' to say this, as it is a fact. Obviously plenty of women like Star Wars also but, as a whole, it's the kind of story that has historically appealed far more to men.
Why does Disney continue to try to make content for these franchises and not appeal to what the majority of the fanbase wants? if they do that, it's money in the bank. Instead, they are making loss after loss after loss.
That is a VP of Disney saying they are told not to hire White guys.
Your claim that Star Wars is making loss after loss without acknowledging it to be an industry wide phenomenon.The director(Harvey Weinstein's former personal assistant by the way) has a real problem with white men and actively goes out of her way to not hire any, regardless of whether they're the most qualified for the job or not, you're probably going to get your predominantly white male fanbase off side.
She has a history of this.
Uh-Oh: Leslye Headland Lucasfilm’s Newest Hire May Be ‘Problematic’
As reported a few days ago, Leslye Headland deleted hundreds of tweets when it was announced she had been hired to helm a female-centric Star Wars project. Here she is in a May 2019 interview with…
Original interview: https://www.theintervalny.com/interviews/2018/04/leslye-headland-on-writing-directing-and-creating/
Then calling any criticism of it rooted in bigotry and racism, is simply playing the victim card and failing to understand what your audience wants.
Whilst I'm sure there have been some people commenting who have made racist/hate comments about the director and actors, I highly doubt that the majority of people complaining are like this. Gaping plotholes such as Jedi have a mandate to take talented children from their parents/guardians at will, oh but only if you give permission, space fires and a stone citadel inside a mountain burning(?) and killing everyone inside indicate some seriously shoddy script writing, not to mention editing.
I'm personally disregarding to pronoun uproar because, to be honest, it was entirely passable within the interaction itself and I think the reaction to it has been completely over the top, at least for this episode.
Now, I'm not suggesting Leslye hasn't made good content in the past. I haven't seen anything else she's directed, after all, but her previous comments obviously didn't sit well with the majority of the fanbase, so I'm curious as to why it's suddenly all surprise Pikachu when the rating tank. Perhaps they should've hired someone more suitable for the genre to execute the vision and all these issues could've been avoided. It'd be like hiring Michael Bay to direct a Sex & the City movie and calling out the audience for complaining it doesn't cater tot he fans due to the action and explosives.
I mean, they originally hired a activist documentary maker +for the Rey movie, which kinda proves that Disney are more serious about pushing political messages into their films than actually delivering good content. Bob Iger himself admitted a few months ago that perhaps they're focusing on the 'message' over actual story too much, hence the tanking Disney stock prices.
Do I think it's a 14% on RT? No, it's clearly better than that, but people have no other avenue to express their frustration at the direction Lucasfilm has taken the SW franchise over the years and the rot began long ago. Remember the infamous "Somehow, Palpatine returned"?
Especially when heads at Lucasfilm and Marvel have been blaming the fans for their recent string of failures and not been introspective and realised that perhaps they are pandering to a minority audience and not giving the majority what they want.
Dave Filoni should really be the one taking the heat anyway, he's the creative head and the one that greenlit most of the stuff that's copped backlash recently.
Like it or not, historically Star Wars fans have been male. The overall premise of the story appeals far more to the male hero fantasy, same with the MCU. It's not 'bigoted' to say this, as it is a fact. Obviously plenty of women like Star Wars also but, as a whole, it's the kind of story that has historically appealed far more to men.
Why does Disney continue to try to make content for these franchises and not appeal to what the majority of the fanbase wants? if they do that, it's money in the bank. Instead, they are making loss after loss after loss.
There was a lot more than that, it's clear that's all the poster could be bothered selectively quoting. Feel free to watch it for yourself
